Puzzle



(No Model.)

Z. P. LIGHTNER.

PUZZLE.

. Patented Feb. 24, 1891.

UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZACHARIAH FRANK LIGHTNER, OF CARPENTER, DELAVARE.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,872, dated February24, 1891.

Serial No. 343,684. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZACHARIAH FRANK LIGHTNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Carpenter, in the county of New Castle and State ofDelaware, have invented a new Puzzle, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

I have named the puzzle The \Vorlds Fair.

My invention consists of a shallow box containing a series of dividedcircles and strips of tin or pasteboard or other suitable material.

The object is to place four marbles (one white and three colored) intothe center of the box, and by tilting or shaking the box work themarbles into the spaces allotted to them, as I will specify hereinafter.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows theinterior of the box. Fig.2 is a plan view of the box complete, showing the cover B in positionconcealing the labyrinth. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the box on theline m 00 in Fig. 1.

A is the center in which the marbles are placed.

1 1 l 1 are the circles divided by the openings 2, through which themarbles pass.

3 3 3 3 are the upright strips separating the space outside of thecircles, dividing the same into four compartments.

4 4 4 4 are strips with openings to admit the marbles into the cornersC, N, S, and TV,

which represent the cities of Chicago, New York, St. Louis, andWashington.

B is a cover arranged permanently over and of the same material as thecircular strips. It. extends from a to Z), and when in position givesthe puzzle the appearance of Fig. 2 and leaves visible only the centralspace A and the four compartments outside of the circles, thus hidingthe marbles from view from the time they leave the center A until theyreach the openings 2 of the outer circle. The object is accomplishedwhen the white marble is in the corner 0 and the three colored marblesin N,S,and \V, respectively. All must be inside of the strips at andmust not be picked up nor touched after being placed in the center A. Q

I am aware that prior to my invention apuzzle has been made with circlesof pasteboard and using marbles in its operation.

That I claim for my invention is- The combination of the box, upri htstrips forming a labyrinth in the center of the box,

the cover concealing the labyrinth only, marbles, and the compartmentsin the four corners of the box separated from each other and eachcommunicating with the interior of the labyrinth, together forming apuzzle, as described in the foregoing specification.

Z. FRANK LIGHTNER. Witnesses:

JACOB 13. HANBY, HANNAH G. LIGHTNER.

